Process for conserving toweling



May 13, 1958 R. T.'SCALF PROCESS FOR CONSERVING TOWELING 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 19; 1956 IN V EN TOR;

May 13, 1958 R. T. SCALF PROCESS FOR CONSERVING rowzunc 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 19, 1956 United States Patent PROCESS FOR CONSERVING TOWELING Richard T. Scalf, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 19, 1956, Serial No. 579,329

4 Claims. (Cl. 134-6) The instant invention relates to a process for use of toweling. Particularly, the invention relates to a process for employing toweling whereby the same may be conserved.

When vehicle Windshields, such as automobile windshields, become dirty the vehicle user customarily relies upon some nondescript or disreputable cloth that he has thrown into the glove compartment of the vehicle and uses it for cleaning or wiping the windshield. Frequently, the user does not think to change the windshield cloth and more often than not he finds available .a dirty rag when he goes to clean his windshield. Furthermore, the usual cloth carried in a car for cleaning Windshields is not well adapted to remove bugs and other particulate material which have a tendency to stick or adhere to the windshield glass.

In accordance with the instant invention, I have developed a cloth which is especially adapted for the cleaning of Windshields and have devised a process whereby the cloth may be preserved to provide maximum utility by insuring a plurality of clean surfaces.

Suitable chemicals may be incorporated to facilitate the cleaning operation and as I propose the cleaning member has incorporated therein metallic threads to provide an abrasive surface for removing particulate matter such as bugs or the like from the windshield without scratching the glass.

What is proposed is an endless strip of material such as toweling which is made by joining the ends of a towel strip to provide a belt-like member. The belt-like member is rolled to expose a single clean surface and thereafter it is gradually unrolled and successive portions of the outer surface are used for cleaning. As the unrolled portion has served its purpose it is rewound into a second roll until all of the towel member has been transferred from the first to the second roll. By now rewinding the second roll so that what was the inner segment of the cleaning member will become the outer segment, a third roll is provided similar to the first roll which is then successively used by winding into a fourth roll in a manner described for making the second roll fromthe first roll.

After both inner and outer segments of the outer surface of the toweling member have been used the entire process is again repeated by everting the endless towel member and repeating the procedure.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description and appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and numerals thereon.

On the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toweling member in the form of an endless belt.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the toweling member of Fig. I wound in a roll.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view and illustrates the process HQC Patented May 13, 1958 or steps of transferring the toweling from the first roll to the second roll.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating formation of the third roll.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the fully formed third roll.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the process or steps of transferring the third roll to the fourth roll.

Having reference now more particularly to the drawings, a toweling member 10 is provided which is of endless construction. The member 10 may be formed from any suitable elongated strip of cloth, the ends of which are joined to form the endless member. I prefer to use toweling because the same provides a rough irregular surface that has a greater capacity for taking up dirt.

Themember 10 may be suitably impregnated according to any conventional practice with a chemical substance which is adapted to facilitate cleaning of the surface on which the device will be employed.

Strands of metallic fiber may be interwoven in the fabric comprising the member 10 if desired. Such strands of metallic material are not shown in the drawings but if present will provide characteristics in the member 10 to make it more adapted to remove particulate materials such as bugs or stains which adhere to the windshield.

The member 10 has an outside surface 11. It also has an inside surface 12. When the member 10 is wound into a roll 14, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the outside surface 11 of each convolution will provide an inner face and an outer face.

The outer face 11a of surface 11 is formed by substantially half of the member 10. The inner face 11b of surface 11 is formed by substantially the other half of member 10.

When used for the first time the exposed portion of the roll 14 illustrated in Fig. 2, will be part of face 11a. When the surface has become dirty a second roll 13 is commenced by winding the dirty portion of member 10 into a roll 13 opposite to the winding in the roll 14, the roll 14 being the initial roll.

By having reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that ther is now made available for cleaning an intermediate portion or section 15 which is between rolls 13 and 14. By gripping rolls 13 and 14 with one hand the outer face 11a of the section 15 is readily available for cleaning. When section 15 becomes sufiiciently soiled or used it is Wound onto roll 13 as illustrated in Fig. 3, by winding in the direction of the arrow, thereby exposing the outer face 11a of a successive portion from roll 14. As each successive outer face 11a portions of the roll 14 becomes used it is rolled onto roll 13 until all of the member 10 now has been transferred from roll 14 to roll 13.

At this point the member 10 has only been one-fourth used. The roll 13 is unwound, and a third roll 16 is made having the winding reversed to bring face 11b into the position to provide the outside faces and the previously dirtied surface 11a will become the inside face of the convolutions. of the successive or third and fourth rolls. A procedure for forming the third roll 16 is illustrated in Fig. 4.

The sequence of steps is then repeated for the roll 16 by successively using and movingportions of that formed roll 16 onto a fourth roll 17 which bears the same relationship to roll 16 astroll 13 does to roll 14. The winding onto roll 17, in a direction opposite to that of the winding of roll 16 is continued, as illustrated in Fig. 6, until face 11b has been completely used and has been transferred from the third roll 16 to the fourth roll 17.

At this point the member 10 is but half used. By everting the member so that the surface 12 now occupies the position originally held by surface 11 two new cleaning segments 12a and 12b are provided, the surface 12a being the opposite face of face 11:: and the face 12b being the opposite face of face 11b.

Now, then, a fifth roller is formed similar to the first roll formed and the member used in the same fashion as described before the use of roll 14 by successively winding used portions thereof onto a sixth roll corresponding to the roll 13. When the fifth and sixth rolls have been completely used so that all of the material comprising the member 10 is transferred onto the sixth roll the member 10 is now three-quarters used up leaving for use the face 12b. A seventh roll is made so that the surface 12b is now the outer surface and from such seventh roll successive portions are transferred to an eighth roll after use.

The foregoing process will provide substantially forty or more cleaning surfaces from a member 10 which is approximately three feet in length and approximately seven inches wide and it will readily be appreciated that the soiled surfaces are always concealed. The foregoing process provides a means whereby the member 10 may be conserved for great periods of time and minimizes the requirement for supplying new cleaning cloths.

Inasmuch as many changes can be made in the above product and process and inasmuch as many widely different embodiments of this invention could be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in this specification shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A process for utilizingendless toweling employed in cleaning and the like whereby the same is conserved, comprising the steps of Winding the endless towel into a first roll; wiping with the successively exposed portions of the outer face of the towel while intermittently winding the used toweling into a second roll wound in a direction opposite to that of the winding of the first roll; rewinding the toweling into a third roll in a direction opposite to that of the winding of the first roll to expose an unused towel face of the towel outer surface; successively wiping with the surface portion exposed from said third roll while intermittently winding the used surface portion from the third roll into a fourth roll after use; said fourth roll being wound in a direction opposite to said third roll.

2. The process of claim 1 characterized by the fact that the endless toweling is everted to expose the inside face to use in a manner provided for use of the outer face.

3. A process for conserving toweling comprising connecting the ends of a towel to form an endless towel member; winding the towel member into a first roll; then wiping with that portion of the face which is exposed; then winding into a second roll, in a direction opposite to that of the winding of the first roll, that portion of the towel member containing the used face while maintaining the other portion of the towel member in the first roll; then wiping with the outer face of the towel section between said first and second rolls; then successively providing for use of successive additional towel member outer surface portions by winding the used towel member containing the successively used surfaces into said second roll until all of the towel member is transferred to the second roll, forming a third roll by rewinding the second roll to bring an unused towel face into exposed position, the third roll being wound in a direction opposite to that of the winding of said first roll, and then successively transferring used portions of the third roll into a fourth roll wound in a direction opposite to that of the winding of the third roll as each of the then outer surface portions of the toweling member is used.

4. The process of claim 3 further characterized by the fact that after the fourth roll has been substantially completely formed, it is unwound and the inside face of the toweling member is everted and used in the manner provided in the making of the first through the fourth rolls.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Benedict Dec. 27, 1955 

1. A PROCESS FOR UTILIZING ENDLESS TOWELING EMPLOYED IN CLEANING AND THE LIKE WHEREBY THE SAME IS CONSERVED, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF WINDING THE ENDLESS TOWEL INTO A FIRST ROLL, WIPING WITH THE SUCCESSIVELY EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE OUTER FACE OF THE TOWEL WHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WINDING THE USED TOWELING INTO A SECOND ROLL WOUND IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT JOF THE WINDING OF THE FIRST ROLL, REWINDING THE TOWELING INTO A THIRD ROLL IN A DIRECTION 